Back Collants blancs French વ્હાઇટ ટાઇટ્સ Gujarati ホワイトタイツ Japanese Baltās zeķbikses Latvian/Lettish Белые колготки Russian Vitstrumporna Swedish Білі колготки Ukrainian
White Tights, White Pantyhose or White Stockings[1] (Russian: белые колготки, beliye kolgotki; Lithuanian: baltosios pėdkelnės; Latvian: baltās zeķbikses; Estonian: valged sukkpüksid) is a Russian urban legend about female sniper mercenaries fighting against Russian forces in various armed conflicts from the late 1980s.[2] The legend describes these women as blond Amazon-like nationalistic biathletes turned anti-Russian mercenaries. They come predominantly from the Baltic states, but subsequent variations of the legend have diversified the ethnic composition of the snipers, including Ukrainian and Russian women in their midst. The name "White Tights" originates from the white-coloured winter sports attire these snipers were wearing and was first coined during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[3][4]
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- ^ Yanchenkov, Vladimir (1 April 2000). "Дикие гусыни" в белых колготках. Trud (in Russian). No. 60. Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
- ^ Maetnaya, Elizaveta (6 April 2001). Волчицы в белых колготках. Moskovskij Komsomolets (in Russian). Archived from the original on 23 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2009 – via Memorial.